Only in sports would getting 100% on a test imply that you 'failed' it. If that same rule applied to the majority of my high school career, then I 'passed' just enough classes to graduate. Of course, pass in this scenario means fail -- but I'm sure most of already discovered that. You passed this test of identifying horrible jokes. Or maybe, you 'failed.'

Personally, I think all fighters should be able to utilize all performance enhancing substances to increase the longevity of their career. It would eliminate drug-testing and increase the probability that each fighter would possess a cartoon-like physique before entering the cage. Freakishly large muscles equates to higher viewership for MMA, which would also result in fighters getting one step closer to those boxing paydays that guys like Floyd Mayweather (the greatest boxer of our generation) are accustomed to. However it's not what I think, but what they think. 'They' in some grand and convoluted way believe that marijuana is a performance enhancing drug. Yeah, the hilarity of that previous statement is resounding. I think people that believe the earth is flat have a stronger argument.

They, in this scenario, is Keith Kizer the executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission. In this interview with BoxingScene, Kizer claims Nick Diaz consumed 24 bottles of water prior to his UFC 143 drug test in an attempt to lower the level of marijuana in his system.

It was here, twice for the same drug, marijuana. But Nick did some things that came out in the hearing. Before the hearing, he came out and said 'yeah, well I smoked seven days before.' Wait a minute, are you saying that you lied on our pre-fight questionnaire? We asked him if he took anything in the last fifteen days. He basically admitted that he did, so we added basically the equivalent of perjury and that was part of the findings against him. So it wasn't only for testing positive for the marijuana, it was also for lying about it on the form.

The second thing with Nick is that after the fight he drank like two dozen bottles of water, which we later found out from both from his expert, as well as our own, the effect of that could very well have been the intent to lower the level of marijuana in his system to try to get it below the cutoff. It didn't quite work. He was still above the cutoff but the level wasn't very high.

If the NSAC drug tested all MMA journalists in the industry, everyone would be suspended and fined.

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+26 # Guest 2012-09-28 12:07

Nick would almost certainly have had water intoxication if he consumed 24 bottles of water before the post-fight drug test. Kizer has to be exaggerating.

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+14 # Guest 2012-09-28 12:07

"If the NSAC drug tested all MMA journalists in the industry, everyone would be suspended and fined."

No way Ariel is getting busted on the heefer!

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+22 # juice lee 2012-09-28 12:49

with a nose like that it's very apparent what ariel does...

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-1 # Guest 2012-09-28 13:00

Sniffing dana whits ass?

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-2 # Guest 2012-09-28 15:32

boooooooo

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+8 # Guest 2012-09-28 15:38

I usually like Ariel, but he is essentially a UFC employee. To nail it on the coffin, he works for fuel which has to push UFC business interests. Im all for Ariel loading up his pockets, but let's not kid here. He's gotta eat

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+21 # Guest 2012-09-28 12:09

The 2 dozen bottles of water were probably more harmful to him than the pot he smoked.

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+20 # boo 2012-09-28 12:09

Maybe he was just really, really thirsty.

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+2 # Guest 2012-09-29 11:53

That's one gnarly case of cotton mouth.

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+37 # Guest 2012-09-28 12:11

So it's illegal to drink a lot water now? Fuck you Keith Keizer, sportkiller

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+18 # Guest 2012-09-28 12:15

I'm the last one to raise the picket and call on a riot, but I cannot fucking stand the NSAC. I think Keith Kizer is one of the sketchiest scumbags that unfortunately wields so much power to assfuck this sport. Seriously, those guys can go to hell.

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+10 # Guest 2012-09-28 12:33

Keith Keizer is a dumbass. Period. I think he should be the one tested by the NSAC, because whatever he's smokin im'ma have some of that!

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+20 # Guest 2012-09-28 12:36

"He drank like 2 dozen bottles if water". Ehhh like that's BS. Go try & drink 24 - 16.9FL OZ of water in let's say a 24 hour period. You'd probably die from water poisoning/water intoxication. 8 - 12oz glasses is normal in a 24hr period. So this Keith Kizer guy is saying that Nick Diaz drank 3x that much? Whenever the term "like" is loosely thrown around like in this case. It means he doesn't know. When someones livelyhood is on the line. You better fucking know without a doubt.

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+3 # Lefthea D. Kick 2012-09-28 13:15

And if it's for the post-fight test I doubt it was taken even 24 hours later, probably a lot earlier.

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0 # Sambro 2012-09-29 17:45

so that's approx 3 gallons of water.

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+6 # Fatty_Sam86 2012-09-28 12:44

Floyd Gayweather is a douche and nowhere near the greatest boxer of our time.

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+2 # Guest 2012-09-28 16:52

AND he can't stop a double leg ...

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+10 # Guest 2012-09-28 12:57

Cottonmouth

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-2 # Guest 2012-09-28 13:07

a recommendation for marijuana is not a prescription

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+8 # Guest 2012-09-28 13:26

I don't do drugs, I just smoke weed. How can it be a Performance Enhancing Drug?

Joe Rogan: "Toby, you looked incredible out there! What was your secret this past training camp?"

Toby: Ive been training on my stand-up, but I gotta say it was all the Sour Diesel and Grape Ape I smoked 7 days before the fight."

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+1 # Fatty_Sam86 2012-09-28 16:28

I can't remember who pointed it out on here before, but if you have a ton of anxiety and weed helps you keep a level head and stay calm, than it's a performance enhancer.

But yeah, I say who gives a crap.

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+4 # Guest 2012-09-29 07:54

But even in that case, it isn't a PED in the same way that steroids are; it's a PED in the way that Tylenol enhances your ability to not have a headache.

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0 # Guest 2012-10-01 01:45

I think it was joe rOgan who said that, that's why I was surprised the guy who tokes before bjj training was defending it as a PED

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0 # Guest 2012-09-28 14:42

These reports are all false I just ate 3 brownies to later find out they were "Weed Brownies". Now I am suspended yeah sucks!

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+1 # Guest 2012-09-28 15:18

Who would have thought that "bottles of water" would eventually become a banned substance by the NSAC? Boy, are they getting strict.

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+21 # Guest 2012-09-28 15:33

hell, i would have needed that much water too after having to chase Condit around the octagon for 25 minutes.

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+5 # Guest 2012-09-28 15:40

Nice one

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-1 # Guest 2012-09-28 20:34

its possible i drank close to a case of water at work because i new had to see my po the next day.. keep in mind it was hot as hell and i worked in a market parkinglot

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-2 # Guest 2012-09-28 20:36

one time i drank 9 gallons in 2 days.. that time it felt like something was wrong.. then i thought to myself maybe i should stop using drugs..

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+1 # Guest 2012-09-29 01:25

Are you still heavy on water? Can't leave that shit either, so I feel you.

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-2 # Guest 2012-09-29 01:51

Maybe you shold, man.
Maybe just before fights... who knows?
Bones Knows!

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0 # Guest 2012-09-29 01:49

Wait... is marijuana on the "Drug list"?
Yes? Yeah... so he fucked up.
Dont tell me that he did not know about it.

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0 # Guest 2012-09-29 07:41

I am glad this is as clear cut as you state. What about marijuana metabolites? And referring to your "list" what about synthetic testosterone and use exemptions? Mmmh

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+1 # chiggs 2012-09-29 08:01

K the nsac/csac's need to get there shit together, throw out/stricken the bullsht weed rule out asap. In all honestly Kizer is coming of like he has a hate on for Nick, nothing more..bullshit propaganda basically :/ Sucks..fuckin perjury now...

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0 # Guest 2012-09-29 08:14

what happen is that when there is tooo much water in your piss they can tell because of the ph levels.. so they want a retake because its diluted

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0 # Guest 2012-10-02 21:17

yeah... he was probably thirsty after dehydrating the fuck out of himself to cut weight. 24 bottles of water in between cutting weight and a 5 round fight seems fair. he wasn't high during the fight so why does he deserve a year long suspension?? He should fight the winner of gsp and condit

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